Great leadership starts with truly listening to your people. Join Sean Fitzpatrick, founder and CEO of TalentMap, to hear insights and strategies that can help you do just that.
In each episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work, we’ll dive into real stories of how leaders have transformed their employee experience. Explore topics like: innovative ways to build leadership skills by focusing how to ask the right questions of your people, learning how to listen and understand what they are really saying and, most importantly, strategies to involve them in change you want to make.
2025 Episode Replay: How Port Moody Turns Employee Feedback Into Real Culture Change - with Marta Taylor
For our end-of-year special episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work, we’re bringing back a fantastic conversation with Marta Taylor, Manager of Strategic Initiatives at the City of Port Moody, where she explores successful employee feedback programs in municipal organizations and how to turn survey results into actionable improvements. Marta shares how a small city launched a ground-up cultural transformation using employee voice as the catalyst. From candid focus groups to executive-level engagement, Marta walks us through a practical, replicable model that puts staff feedback at the center of organizational change.
17 Dec 2025
The Survey After Three Years: How IDX Reset Employee Trust and Transparency
Welcome to a brand new episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work. Our host Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of TalentMap, is joined by Veronique Robinson, Chief People Officer at IDX, to discuss how she launched a global baseline people survey to rebuild trust, surface regional realities, and reset leadership communication.
26 Nov 2025
Why True Intentional Listening Drives Measurable Business Outcomes
Welcome to a brand new episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work. Our host Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of TalentMap, is joined by Ken Finneran about why intentional listening is the most underestimated leadership skill in an AI-accelerated world. Ken shares tactical frameworks, such as the 90-second rule, demonstrating how curiosity-driven leadership, people-centered AI transformation, and unlocking employee voice can enhance trust, performance, and organizational impact.
22 Oct 2025
How to Retain Top Talent with Just 15 Minutes a Week
Welcome to a brand new episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work. Our host Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of TalentMap, is joined by Joe Quinn, Chief Operating Officer at Covenant HR, to share transformative leadership and employee engagement through intentional listening practices, strategic retention initiatives, and the power of regular check-ins.
15 Oct 2025
Rethinking Performance Management for 2025 and Beyond
Welcome to a brand new episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work. Our host Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of TalentMap, is joined by Christopher D. Lee, Managing Director at Storbeck Search, to discuss how leaders can build genuine listening cultures through structured, regular dialogue. You’ll learn how to implement the Performance Conversations Method for regular, structured check-ins, and use the Three Essential Questions framework to make employee discussions more productive.
24 Sept 2025
Cutting Admin by 60%: How Greg Waechter Scaled Culture Through Simplicity
Welcome to a brand new episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work. Our host Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of TalentMap, is joined by Greg Waechter, Managing Partner at Super Simple HR, to unpack how to build scalable, human-centered HR practices that actually work, reduce administrative burden by 60%, and boost employee engagement by 40%.
10 Sept 2025
Rethinking Healthcare Retention with Priyanki Amroliwala
Welcome to a brand new episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work. Our host Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of TalentMap, is joined by Priyanki Amroliwala, Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition for 42 North Dental, to explore why culture matters more than perks in healthcare recruitment, how to effectively navigate rural hiring challenges, and the importance of slowing down the hiring process to ensure better long-term fits.
27 Aug 2025
Closing the Power Gap: How Approachable Leaders Build Stronger Teams with Phillip Wilson
Welcome to a brand new episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work. Our host Sean Fitzpatrick is joined by Phillip Wilson, CEO of LRI Consulting and founder of Approachable Leadership, to explore why approachability is the true foundation of leadership. They dive into the three essential habits of approachable leaders, the transformative “Hero Assumption” mindset, and practical tools to prevent workplace conflict. Discover how closing the power gap between leaders and teams creates stronger relationships, a better culture, and lasting organizational success.
13 Aug 2025
The Human Side of Retention: Why Compensation Alone Won’t Make People Stay with Greg Roche
Welcome to a brand new episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work. Our host Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of TalentMap, is joined by Greg Roche, founder of Retention Rewards and longtime Total Rewards leader, to explore why people leave long before they resign, why counteroffers rarely work, and how simple, intentional conversations across the organization can create the kind of culture people don’t want to leave.
30 Jul 2025
Why Listening, Not Leverage, Is the Future of Labor Strategy with Michael VanDervort
Welcome to a brand new episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work. Our host Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of TalentMap, is joined by Michael VanDervort, a seasoned labor relations strategist and trusted voice in the employee experience space, to discuss how organizations can build extraordinary workplaces through better employee relations, whether unionized or not.
16 Jul 2025
How PMC's Michael Trevino Transforms Military Leadership Into HR Success
Welcome to a brand new episode of Voice Activated: Tuning Employee Insights At Work. Our host Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of TalentMap is joined by Michael Trevino, a Human Resources Manager for Parking Management Company (PMC), to discuss what really happens when you trade your uniform for a suit.
2 Jul 2025
Why the Godfather of CX Says Employees Matter More Than Customers with Bruce Temkin
Bruce Temkin explains to Sean Fitzpatrick that prioritizing employee experience through empathetic leadership and structured listening enhances organizational success in this interview.
18 Jun 2025
The $10M Insight That Came From a Coffee Break with Sean Fitzpatrick
Sean Fitzpatrick shares a pivotal $10M insight gained from a coffee break during his consulting days, which ultimately shaped his understanding of organizational listening and the creation of TalentMap.
2 Jun 2025
How Port Moody Turns Employee Feedback Into Real Culture Change - with Marta Taylor
Marta Taylor discusses Port Moody's employee feedback programs with Sean Fitzpatrick, detailing how the city uses staff input to drive organizational change in this interview.
29 May 2025
Voice Activated: Tuning Into Employee Insights Trailer
Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO of TalentMap, previews the "Voice Activated" podcast, which explores how leaders improve employee experience by listening to and involving their people.
26 Nov 2024
Adopting Engagement as a Mindset With Ashley Ridgeway-Washington
Ashley Ridgeway-Washington, SVP and CHRO at JPS Health Network, shares actionable insights on adopting engagement as a mindset to transform workplace culture and drive meaningful change.
4 Oct 2024
Self-Leadership and Betting on You with Laurie Ruettimann
On this episode of Leading Through Listening, I’m joined by Laurie Ruettimann, a speaker, author of Betting on You and an outspoken advocate for personal accountability at work. Laurie’s candid insights challenge conventional workplace thinking, especially around leadership and engagement. Laurie explores how the changing nature of work requires both leaders and employees to embrace a more holistic, self-directed approach. Listen in to begin rethinking your relationship with work.
5 Sept 2024
How Leaders Who Listen Can Transform Organizations With Paul Mastrangelo
In this debut episode of Leading Through Listening, host Sean Fitzpatrick sits down with Paul Mastrangelo, president and owner of First Domino Consulting, to explore the transformative power of humble inquiry in leadership. Paul shares his expertise as an organizational psychologist, diving into how asking the right questions and truly listening can foster psychological safety, empower employees, and lead to sustainable change within organizations.
28 Aug 2024
Introducing the Leading Through Listening Podcast
Join Sean Fitzpatrick, founder and CEO of TalentMap, as he launches his new podcast, Leading Through Listening. In each episode, Sean delves into the real-life stories of leaders who have transformed their employee experience by mastering the art of listening. Discover innovative approaches to building leadership skills by asking the right questions, truly understanding your people, and involving them in meaningful change.
Leading Through Listening launches on Wednesday, Sept 4. Be sure to subscribe so that you don't miss an episode!
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